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By nationalities that visit the Canary Islands, the destinations preferred by the British are Tenerife and Lanzarote, capturing 46.7% and 25% of their arrivals respectively; the Germans are distributed in a balanced way between Fuerteventura (29.8%), Gran Canaria (28.9%) and Tenerife (26.1%); Nordic people mostly choose Gran Canaria (58.7%) and Spaniards Tenerife (46%).
Gran Canaria is in the autonomous community of the Canary Islands (Islas Canarias). It lies within the Province of Las Palmas, a Spanish province which consists of the eastern part of the Canary Islands community. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is the provincial capital, one of the two capitals of the Canary Islands along with Santa Cruz de ...
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria : Caja Insular de Ahorros de Canarias. Barrera Artiles, José (1995). Las Canteras (1900–2000) (in Spanish). Las Palmas de Gran Canaria : Ayuntamiento de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Concejalía de Playas. ISBN 84-88979-13-4. González Jiménez, José F. (1998). Peces de Canarias : guía submarina (in Spanish). La ...
Las Palmas is served by Gran Canaria Airport, also called Las Palmas Airport (IATA: LPA, ICAO: GCLP). The airport is located in the eastern part of the island, about 18 km (11 mi) from Las Palmas city centre. In 2008, it handled 10,212,106 passengers and 33,695,248 kg (74,285,306 lb) of cargo, and is the fourth busiest in Spain. [70]
Maspalomas serves as the base for Gran Canaria's only English language newspaper, [4] which serves a print readership in excess of 20,000 every month and reaches up to another 30,000 readers on-line. In September 2012, the World Tourism Organization organized its World Tourism Day in Maspalomas, as a form of commemoration of its 50 years of ...
The Poema del Mar is an aquarium located in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.It was inaugurated on December 17, 2017. [1] The Gran Canaria Town Council and the Government of the Canary Islands have considered it of strategic interest to the region by reinforcing the promotion of the archipelago as an international travel destination. [2]
Its capital is the city of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, on the island of Gran Canaria, which is also one of the capitals of the autonomous community (next to Santa Cruz de Tenerife). About 33.2% of the provincial population of 1,145,843 (2023) live in the capital. The name "Las Palmas" is generally used to refer to both the city and the province.
[3] [4] The Cabildo insular de Gran Canaria (the island government) operates a tourist information office within the Yumbo Centre, on the ground level by the entrance on Avenida de España. [ 5 ] In May and November the events of the annual summer and winter Gran Canaria Gay Pride celebration are usually centred on the Yumbo Centre, attracting ...